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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:26 AM Original message |
Did you see it? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes. it's pretty clear the drilling thing is a feint or |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:28 AM Original message |
Red Herring? |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
152. "Rope a dope" strategery |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #152 |
194. Yeah, he fooled them by running more of our healthcare through the corporations causing the problem. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #194 |
196. Very good |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #194 |
214. Think we would have had a better deal under President McCain? |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:03 AM Original message |
I call it Rope a Nope |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #194 |
224. +10. nt. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #194 |
226. Bwahahahaha |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #194 |
237. yup, bait and switch |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #237 |
259. That's how it feels to me, too |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #152 |
261. it roped a bunch of dopes here as well |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'd say all the things you mentioned. nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
54. I think he's calling their bluff, personally. |
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kjones (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
101. Yeah, that's what i thought. I mean, about the leases. nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
118. Herring are quite an oily fish, as I recall |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
195. How 'bout we call it an ecological reaming? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Shhh! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't until you posted it. Thank you for the links. This is indeed |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sank like a rock in LBN: |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sorry. I was too busy complaining how he stabbed me in the back. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. !! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Now that was funny. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
141. LOL |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!" |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I just read this |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, I was very pleased. I hope they also narrow exemptions from CAFE standards. nt |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
236. That's My Concern, Also |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. no I didn't |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. Seems to me the economics of petroleum depletion dictates both of these policies |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So you give kudos to Obama for this, right? Dubya certainly didn't do it |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. In so far as it's politically and economically what any rational politician would do |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ah, so you're shrugging it off. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
185. Nope- just not jumping up and down on way or another over someone doing their job |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
229. I can't see Bush doing that. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is peak oil and climate change |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
228. Good reasonable analysis, depakid. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. Wish he could do something about the smoke coming out of truck exhaust |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
96. Educate yourself. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Doesn't seem to be working very well though does it? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Actually, it has been working... |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #100 |
119. Visible smoke is a violation these days |
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freedommachine (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Are you an Environmental Narc |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #122 |
155. Nope, just a guy who likes engines |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #155 |
198. Thats what i did to my 1972 Chevy Pickup |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #155 |
230. A real Mopar man |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #230 |
253. Smile when you say that, partner |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #253 |
258. I know all that. |
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freedommachine (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #155 |
247. My 1982 Mercedes smokes on startup, |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #247 |
254. It's pretty healthy, then |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
173. Where've you been? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. DU basically ignored everything that happened yesterday except the drilling part. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. DU thrives on controversy. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Now, if there were only a way to make good news controversial... |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
92. I'm workin' on it. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. And a mighty fine job you're doing, too, |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #92 |
167. I'm sorry, I'm confused - does this news somehow change the fact that we are DRILL BABY DRILL? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #167 |
250. Well the Pres still mite have a trick left. If the repubs object strongly enough about the drilling |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #250 |
260. Oh that would be rich. nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
223. +1000. :) n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
248. Aren't they already? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #248 |
256. Well, obviously there's only ONE acceptable way to bread fried turkey. |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
154. saw it, liked it, but doesn't make me like off shore drilling any better. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
199. There are a boat load of trolls on DU. |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks for posting - it flew under my radar too. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Finally, Obama is doing away with Bush era SUV exemptions. Hat's off Pres O! |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Edward G Robinson is smiling |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
85. Yes, he is |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
120. Why do increased fuel efficiency standards make Little Caesar smile? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. I didn't see it on NPR. but knew it would be coming - it isn't a keyed lock its a combination |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. heard it on the radio this morning. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. I notice they are quiet about Hilda Solis (Labor Dept. Sec.) too--she's very pro-union. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. So maybe Obama is playing 5th dimensional chess or 23 level backgammon or |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, I saw it |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. Too late to R |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. So we're supposed to ignore something terrible he did because he did something mildly positive? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Are we to ignore something great he did because of something that might be |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yep, that's what she's saying. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Hey, if you guys want to get shined on, go for it. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. . |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Yep. Ignore the positive, assume and magnify the negative. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. the drilling dear, is exceedingly unlikely to ever happen. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
86. Correct. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
130. That's irrational. Once land is open it rarely closes and will get used. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. "a 10 mpg increase in less than six years isn't feasible." |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. I loved your post. Thank you so much for that information. nt |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. You're most welcome |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
93. Those cars aren't sold in the US because they don't meet safety specs. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #93 |
117. Did you even go to the Chrysler link? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. The cars in that link are all diesel. Which almost no US consumer will consider, |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. At least 1/4 of all gas stations sell diesel |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #131 |
263. According to this article, in 2007 nearly half of the country's 180,000 fuel stations had diesel |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #121 |
197. Shame you didn't go to the GD link as well |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #197 |
233. This is the key right here. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #121 |
221. They also wouldn't consider the seat belt either hunh? This argument against diesel is worn |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #93 |
231. They will buy |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. I disagree with you. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #90 |
181. I love rational honesty... |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #181 |
252. Thanks, SkyDaddy7 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. We also had the insurance industry back down on their "interpretation" re: Kids w/pre-existing cond. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. One of those threads (you wanted) was created by a shrill bully & was locked after bully was allowed |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
110. ...and? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. They sneak in the cheerleader meme whenever possible. And cult of personallity |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. Auh, I see. My one post = "complaining endlessly." Nice reach! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #123 |
148. Define "my". |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
164. They have backed down for now, but we still need to fix it. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #164 |
174. Still, the administration stood up to them on this, and they backed right down. |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. most of us were just pointing out problems we saw in the bill. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #164 |
202. Actually, no |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. I did see something about that earlier. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. Thank you for this information, Skinner. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sounds like the Obama change train is rolling down the tracks at full speed |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. Jujitsu? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. K&R...nt |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. That's pretty much how the President works |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
126. When dealing with an obviously accelerating downward trajectory, it is neither sensible, nor |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. Wow! Thanks Skinner |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Finally something to cheer about ! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. ... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hopefully it will continue to go unseen so it sneaks past the thugs. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. Another intergalactic chess move :) nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes, I saw it in the report yesterday.. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. No, darn it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. It wasn't anywhere that I know of and I had the news on all day. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. i didn't see it, but the media doesn't seem too interested in reporting good Obama news |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. I did not hear about that yesterday, no. But, I'm glad to hear it today. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Chrysler have been making 35 MPG cars on US soil for years but are only selling them abroad |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. Big Whoop rethugs asked for 35 mpg in 2007 |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. exactly the same as Bush asked for in 2007 |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. You're wrong. From the article: |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
158. same goal, just asking they be implemented sooner |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #158 |
172. The goal of 2020 has been changed to 2016. That's not the same, nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. I noticed that. The fuel efficiency standards are REAL change, right now. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Well, real change 6 years from now, but it's a positive move |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. how is it different from Bush's 2007 ruling for 35 mpg? |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Original message |
Happens 4 years earlier, which is good. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. Exactly. nt |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
180. political expediency this was a 2007 ruling that 's only now being addressed |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. duplicate |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Can't change CAFE overnight due to the lag time in car development. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Yup, and as I said its a positive change |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
159. can certainly be changed faster than 4 yrs; again, rethugs asked for 35mph in 2007 |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. I did hear that on the news on NPR again this AM. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. And sucker them in he did, with style |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. +1 |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
150. Folks need to remember that a 35 mpg CAFE is a big deal. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
72. From the article - "The rules should add costs to new cars and trucks. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. The gas savings are triple that of the added cost. nt |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #76 |
176. You didn't get my point. Also, |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #176 |
246. You do have a valid point. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
73. I remember that we had cars in the 60's /70's that got 42mpg . . . and many cars now do!! |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
75. I hope you are right but there will be no climate bill. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Look! It's Carnac the Magnificent!!!! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides ... nt |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:13 AM Response to Reply #77 |
219. narro quis? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #219 |
245. "Now you see it, now you don't" ... traditionally accompanies prestidigitation. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
78. K & R |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
80. TY, Skinner. I had no idea the Chessplayer-in-Chief had just slipped in another move... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
83. 34mpg by 2016?? What underachieving horse crap. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. It cut the current goal by FOUR YEARS. nt |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. So? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. . |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. Imagine living a life where nothing was ever good enough |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Just another goalpost moved so they don't have to say anything good. nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Goalposts will need to be attached to a Top Fuel Dragster soon |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. I heard they're in Uzbekistan now. At least the last time anybody |
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shellgame26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:47 AM Response to Reply #104 |
216. Seriously... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Do you know anything about trucks r SUVs?? |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
203. Your list is off |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #203 |
234. Suzuki should never have quit |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
84. so what... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. So now Skinner is in the "cult of personality," giving credit to his "hero?" |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
87. Yep, I saw it. |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. republicans didn't notice, but neither did democrats |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
99. Is it wrong of me to just want some simple, straightforward leadership? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. Yes, yes it is wrong... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #106 |
129. It's not what W got us. It's what W got *them* |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. That's my point... what Bush did was wrong... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Some of what Bush did was wrong. A lot of what Bush did was *effective* |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #135 |
146. That's still the point... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. You seem to be stuck on Bush. OK. Then let's say LBJ. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
108. Yep, just as it's wrong of you to ignore anything good that he does. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #108 |
127. Wow, someone learned a new word |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Why bless your heart! nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. And someone learned a new phrase. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. Why bless your heart again! nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Keep trying. Someday you'll post like a real grownup. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. Why bless your little heart! nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Apparently it's very important to you to have the last word. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #145 |
235. Get a room! nt |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #99 |
220. It's not wrong but it's unrealistic |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #220 |
244. "I don't want to play the game better, I want to change the way the game is played" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #244 |
251. I hate to break it to you but that was part of the game |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
102. I guess I've been around the block a few times as THAT WAS the big news I absorbed yesterday |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
103. Nice :-) |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
113. Master politician |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
114. Funny how the corpmedia manages to direct the narrative against Dems on nearly every issue... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
115. I didn't. But, I guess it's all in the way one "looks" at it. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
116. The offshore drilling "hand" has a big middle finger extended |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #116 |
175. The hand has many fingers, doesn't it? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
124. I"m sorry but I disagree. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. ALL of those things are in the works but they will all take years to work |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #128 |
140. "In the works" is not good enough. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Are you aware of a person who can switch us to solar and wind energy tomorrow? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. That's why, like JFK, you announce a national initiative. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
125. I agree. It seems they have had a plan all along. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #125 |
168. The plan is, do something unbelievably asinine and throw something unrelated but marginally good in |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
132. This is good but |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
139. Good point |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #139 |
218. Maybe it's Triangle Chess |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
142. It has been quite some time |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
151. Rec |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
153. The legislation for increasing CAFE passed in 2007 - it wasn't an accomplishment by Obama |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. You should try reading the links. Obama decreased the target by FOUR YEARS. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #156 |
162. I did read them, but I jumbled the facts. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. That doesn't even make sense. nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #165 |
170. Then I feel sorry for you. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. You asked why he hadn't enacted a law that was enacted in 2007. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #153 |
161. ^ +10 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
157. 36MPG by 2016? WAY TOO FUCKING SLOW! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #157 |
163. It cuts the current target date by FOUR YEARS, almost in half. nt |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
160. Hartmann says that this, coupled with the off-shore drilling, completely |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
166. It's like rape with a complimentary fruit basket. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
169. "let's set aside the question of whether the offshore drilling expansion is bad policy." |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #169 |
209. +1 nt |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
178. Obama plays chess, not checkers. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. It's not what game he plays, its who he plays it for. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. Only if you're a checkers player. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #184 |
188. um, no... pretty much either way. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #184 |
190. Chess player here... |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
182. Thirty-five mpg in 2016 |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #182 |
186. Honda Civic does pretty much the same (47 mpg) if I drive |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
183. I love it - President Obama is kicking in to high gear with progressive initiatives |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #183 |
193. (sigh) |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
187. This is still a bait & switch presidency. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #187 |
191. I believe you are wrong. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #191 |
227. I agree with this. There is one chance it might be different... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
189. The Supreme Court will declare the EPA unconstitutional and give gasoline 28th Amendment rights |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
192. Thanks for noticing... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
200. We are very quick to complain about things Obama is doing , and |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
201. I saw this earlier |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
204. Wait a minute..... |
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240. Deleted message |
ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
205. Fantastic news. Thanks for posting. nt |
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Deadgnome (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
206. I'm in agreeance. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
207. K & R!!!! |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
208. Isn't there something wrong with giving credibility to |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
210. Mr. President is clever. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
211. So, basically we are supposed to ignore the giant stinky mess that is going |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
212. I big concession to Big Oil |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
213. It's huge. |
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speedcat (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
215. TOTALLY! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #215 |
217. Welcome speedcat |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
222. K&R |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
225. K & Highly rec'd nt |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
232. Sorry, but I am not falling for the old triangulation-chess excuse again. |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
238. I saw it! Thought it was an awesome move. n/t |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
239. Yep I saw it. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
241. Excellent! Thanks didn't see it...but here's an excellent perspective on the drilling: |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
242. Cars operated by |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
243. Didn't see this elsewhere |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
249. Obama also protected some areas of the U.S. from future off shore drills that Bush |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #249 |
255. I already heard some fools whining about this |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
257. Oh our President is definitely the MAN |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
262. Kick. Kick. Kick. |
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